Tips for Collecting 1963 Life Magazines

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"1963. The Flag Waves in Castro's Backyard. Isn't that an impressive picture? Part 3 of a series on Inside a Human Cell. Isn't that interesting? We're starting to get into the cell technology. Here he is. This person died recently. Take a look at that T.V. from 1963. The Merv Griffin show. And there's Merv. All his fan mail. That's pretty amazing to look at that. He was really the number 1 talk show guy in those days. Here's Jack Benny in one of his skits on his T.V. show. Red Kettle. The Big Wheel In The Army. This is interesting. Over the hill over the dale. This is a 10 foot tire made to go around the wheels of an extraordinary Army vehicle. A 572 overland train. It's made to go anywhere without a track. That's one big truck. And can you imagine the gas mileage that that poor thing got? That's frightening. And here she is! Miss Clairol. And you know what? When I used to look at these? I never used to understand why people colored their hair. And then I kind of figured it out. Because your hair gets gray and then you don't want to look old so you color it. So this is Miss Clairol. And so you started coloring your own hair and you go in the bathroom and you put it on and it makes a big mess and you hate yourself. Okay. Then over here The Energy Factory. How food produces power. Starting to get into nutrition. Then nutrition is a handsome Marlboro Country. We started with a cowboy smoker. How sexy."